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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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